The story
Name: F W TEAR
Rank: Acting Leading Airman
Official number: FX 90669
Role: Observer under training
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 767 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Condor, Arbroath
Date of death: 1942-05-13
Aircraft: Swordfish l K 8434
Place of death: Finavon, Forfar, Scotland
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: ARBROATH WESTERN CEMETERY - Angus
Commemoration details: Compartment D, North Border, Grave 41
Family details: Son of William and Bertha Tear, of Lincoln; husband of Irene Tear (nee Atkinson), of Lincoln
Rank: Acting Leading Airman
Official number: FX 90669
Role: Observer under training
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 767 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Condor, Arbroath
Date of death: 1942-05-13
Aircraft: Swordfish l K 8434
Place of death: Finavon, Forfar, Scotland
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: ARBROATH WESTERN CEMETERY - Angus
Commemoration details: Compartment D, North Border, Grave 41
Family details: Son of William and Bertha Tear, of Lincoln; husband of Irene Tear (nee Atkinson), of Lincoln
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